According to Belgian TV report, one of the suspected terrorists connected with the Friday night Paris attack, Abdelsam Salah, has been arrested in police raids by Belgian police.
He is accused of having rented a car used to carry gunmen to the Bataclan music venue in Paris.
A total of 23 people have also been arrested and dozens of weapons seized in a series of raids on suspected Islamist militants across France, officials say.
The crackdown follows multiple attacks on bars, restaurants a concert hall and a stadium in Paris on Friday, in which about 129 people were killed.
A police operation is also reportedly under way in Brussels, Belgium, with reports that one suspect was arrested.
French Prime Minister, Manuel Valls said the attacks were organised from Syria.
He added that the authorities believed new terror attacks were being planned in France and other European countries.
Meanwhile two more Paris attackers were named, along with five already identified. One of them is confirmed to have entered Greece as a migrant earlier this year.
French Interior minister,Bernard Cazeneuve earlier today said the country has conducted about 168 raids,detained 23 suspects and more than 100 are under house arrest.
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